Cabinet with door actuated shelf



March 30, 1948. o. M. WA-ARA CABINET WITH DOOR ACTUATED SHELF Filed Feb.10, 1945 2 Sheets$heet l Inventor 0820 M (q/IRA and March 30, 1948. oWAARA 2,438,772

CABINET WITH DOOR ACTUATED SHELF Filed Feb. 10, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I)1 ventor 34 WWW H m Patented Mar. 30, 1948 @AEINETWITHsDOOR'A'CTUATEDjSHELF Qt'to'lYIQWaara, DetroiLiMi'ch. ApplicatiomFebruary 10,lf94'a serialNo.f5772ii0 I '5 Claims. (01. ars-41cc) (This inventionrelates -.to cabinets and has tor its object :to provide ;a cabinetwhich rna-y be :at-

tached :to ;a wall near the ficeiling a d T v ne vmeans whereby thecontentszmay b l w redi within'easy reach-of a user.

.iAHOthEI' iobj ect of the inve ion 118. 3 :PIQYid f wall cabinet '50arranged that 5111 0 1 01 5 1 8 t door thereof the contents will belowered and brought 'forwar-d and outside of ,thecablnet.

Another :object of the invention is -to,prov i de a cabinet having 'adisappearing tshelf -frorn which clothes hangers, 1.0T a serlies ofshelves (not shown) ,may besuspended. V

A further, objector the invention is to provide a wall cabinet havingandnclinlngrlbweripQlffiiln, V permitting :it to be hung over radiators,beds,

tables oriother articles ofdurniture without interference therewith andfor ,providing more head room-in closeqnarters.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing descriptionand the accompanying illustrative drawingsin'which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view'ofmy-wallca'binet,

a shelf support,

ZF-igure'Bis a vertical sectional ,view ofttheicabi- .ne't, withits dooropen, I

iFi'gurefeiis an enlarged detail lelevatifonalivi'ew of a hanger showingthe door open,

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the same,

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3, the cab-inet being closed,

Figure '7 is a view similar to Figure 4, the door being in closedposition,

Figure 8 is a detail perspective view of a door shown from its innerside, the bracket bearings used in the suspension of the door beingdeleted from this figure,

Figure 9 is an enlarged detail View of a hanger member, and

Figure 10 is a similar View, the parts being shown in changed position.

In the accompanying drawings as above enumerated and in the followingspecification, like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout and iii therein represents my cabinet, 5 l its door, 12 oneof its side walls and 13 the opposite side wall.

- On both side walls l2 and [3, are attached hanger plates I4, and asthese plates and also the door hanger elements, as well as thesupporting and operating elements of a disappearing shelf [5, areidentical in construction and operation, it will Figure 2 is an enlargeddetail sectional viewmof be necessary to (described 'in detail only oneas *senijbly offthe same. Brieflygthe cabinet consists of said sideWalls P2 'andfi S, a back wall 1 6, a top wall l 1,-and the 'door H Thisdoor is formed irr-three different planes lia l lb and i Ic, whichareintegrallyconnected and reinforced at =their departures {I 8 and i9,from a commonplane; The front and'bottom of the o'abinet j are 'nornally open in three planes but "are closa'ble by the door. The upper Iedges-2 9 and 21 offtihe side walls-are vertical-and adapted to beclosed-by theportion l la of'the door; the lower-edges 22 and starebeveled-to incline-in- "wardly and ar e adapted to beclosed b theportion t Iby-oij th door {andthe bottom 24 of the cabiniet is adapted*to'fbe marry the door portion Adjacentfto the' upperrnostedge fid, ofthe door portion lfla, is attached a transverse frod 26, "the ends 2'!and "2% of which project far enough be- "yon the edgs fli and-lijii ofthe 'doorto pivotally {seat "into bores' fi-l in 5 the? cabinet sidesadja'cent edge's zfl and 2 l theredfIwhereby thedoor may be wungc t openthecabinet or down-to close-it. -A pivoted= handle? Z' ismounted in'ithedoor section ll c" on -the inrier part'of which'is atta'ched a cord orcable *threaded through screw eyes 35, I58 -'and 36 and then attached toa spring actuated catch at, the spring being' indicated at :51, thepivot of the latch 'being' indicated at 55 and'lthe 'cable fl bing-securd tothe catch at 5'6,the' catch being engageable with the cut inedge a of a disk b attached to the plate I4 to hold it in raisedposition. However, when it is desired to close the door, the handle 32is raised, thus the cable 34 is drawn down, lifting the catch againstits spring tension and releasing the door to permit closing thereof.

Attached to the inside of the edge 25 of door section Ila, is a bracketbearing 38 to which a link 39 is pivoted at 40 to said bearing; thelower end of which link is pivoted at 4! to a hanger plate 42 slidablyseated in the grooves formed by the returned edges 43 and 44 of theplate l4. Pivoted to plate 42 at its upper inner corner 45 is a hangerbar 46 and pivoted to the lower outer corner 41 of plate 42 is anotherhanger bar 48. Upon closing the door ii, the link 39 will draw plate 42(to which it is attached) up and with it the hanger bars 46 and 48.Attached pivotally to the lower ends 49 and 50 of the hangers 46 and 48is a plate 5|, and mounted on the flange 53 of this plate, is the innerend 52, of shelf l5, whereby it is maintained in horizontal position.Pivotally connected to the hanger bar 48 and 3 the door H, is a link 54,which, when the door is closed down, swings the members 46, 48 and I5 tothe horizontal position as illustrated in Figure 6 of the drawings, andthe same closing action of the door draws the slide plate 42, up to thetop of the cabinet. The in and up movement of the hanger bars will carrythe shelf IS, in horizontal position, to the top of the cabinet andclothing or other material suspended from the bottom of said shelf IEwill be carried into the cabinet and enclosed therein when the door isclosed down. Of course the opening of the door will reverse the aboveaction, to bring the contents of the cabinet down and out.

This cabinet I believe will fill a long felt want for use in small andcramped quarters in which many persons must necessarily live. It shouldalso be useful for stores where an inexpensive cabinet for keepingsuits, dresses and other articles out of the dust but where access anddisplay of the same may be quickly accomplished. Furthermore, if thedoor is made of glass the cabinet could be usedfor protecting from theftor breakage small valuable articles, while still displaying the same.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts suchas come within the purview of the invention claimed may beresorted to,in'actual practice, if desired.

The construction and use of my invention having now been explained, thatwhich I claim as new, and desire to protect by patent is: 7 '1; Thedescribed device consisting of a cabinet having rear, side and topwalls, a door formed in three planes for closing the-front and bottom ofthe cabinet, a'pivot rod spaced from the top wall of the cabinet andmounted in the side walls thereof and upon which the door is'suspended,aswingable horizontal shelf connected with the cabinet by hanger bars,means whereby said bars 7 areipivotally mounted at both ends thereof,said l'astimeans comprising slidable plates and swinging plates, andmeans connected to the door {whereby said bars and plates are actuatedto move the shelf by swinging movement of the door.

' 2. A cabinet having rear, side and top walls and a door constitutingthe front and bottom panels thereof and pivoted to said side Walls ad-'-jacent the upper end of said door, a channel plate .member secured tothe inside upper portion ofv parallel hanger bars pivoted on said hangerplate and on a second plate, this second plate being thereby adapted toswing downwardly and for Wardly when the door is opened, and a memberhorizontally disposed and carried by said second plate.

3. A cabinet according to claim 2 and in which said door has a frontpanel in two angularly disposed parts, the lower part being inclinedfrom the vertical, the cabinet being reduced at the bottom, said channelplate, hanger plate, link and bars being provided in duplicate and'positioned on each side of the cabinet, and said mem--v ber extendingbetween the duplicated second plates. 7 M

4. A cabinet according to claim 2'an'd in which said second plate has ahorizontally disposed flange on the upper end thereof; and said memberis supported on said flange. I

5. A cabinet according'to claim 2 and including latching means wherebythe door may be latched in elevated open position and in closedpositiomthe latching of the door in open position serving to lock saidmember in downward o'r'ro WAARA.

REFERENCES onnn The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent;

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 899,195 -West0n ;Sept. 22, 19081,434,880. Drysdale Nov. ,7, 1922 1,457,744 Newman June 5, 19231,928,501

' Otto septze, 1933

